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I attended a recent Asian cultural event held where I had the honour to meet Kathak dancer Parbati with some graceful elegant moves. There was no flash permitted and I soon ended up cranking up the ISO level to 6000. Being a FX camera another professional photographer advised me you need to the shot so just do it.
Kathak is one of the main classical dance forms from India. Originating from the northern parts of India, it showcases intricate rhythmic patterns through strong footwork and graceful hand and body movements.
A Scene in Kathak on Meera Bai at Kapaleeswarar Temple. Combining with intelltual ideas and concerns smt. jigyasa Giri created and presented the play superbly with English and Hindi back voice dilogues which was not an issue to the audience as the
Art has no language bar.
Kathak performance from India.
Wiki:- "Kathak is one of the nine major forms of Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as Kathakar, who communicated stories from the Hindu epics through dance, songs and music".
Kathak Dance.
The origin of Kathak is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards of ancient northern India known as Kathakars or storytellers.
Here with my 50mm 1.4 to get close up and yes it is a bit tight and not the lens for these type of dance shots. If I stepped back then I may not get her in full , where a 35mm maybe the answer. Ideally the 24-70 2.8 would be perfect and budget wise out of my reach for now. Maybe one day.....
Meanwhile Parrbati C is an elegant dancer and moved like a golden swan across the room and was pleasant to talk to and enlighten myself with the beauty of Asian Classical Dance
Vaswati Misra
Vaswati’s love for dance began as a young child of 7, she received training first under the tutelage of Smt Reba Vidyarthi and then had the good fortune to be groomed by the great kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj. An immensely talented dancer by the age of ten Vaswati was already dancing on stage. Performing both as a soloist as well as with her husband, dancer Krishan Mohan Misra she was acclaimed both for her command over the technique of the dance form as well as her expressieve qualities.
A successful choreographer and a soloist of repute Vaswati performed in prestigious festivals like Baba Allaudin Khan Samaroh, Bindadin Kathak Mahotsav, Khajuraho, Orchha Mahotsava, Nishagandhi Festival, Sangeet Natak Akademi’s 50th celebration, Qutub Festival and travelled to U.S.A, Japan, South Africa, latin America, the Middle East, Mexico and entire Europe.
In 1979 Vaswati joined the Sriram Bhartiya Kala Kendra as a teacher and was there for eight years, in 1989 she held the post of Kathak Guru at the Kathak Kendra, New Delhi was there again for eight years, in 1997 she resigned from Kathak Kendra and two years later, combining her passion for performance and education she set up an arts education centre the Pandit Shambhu Maharaj Kathak Academy as the educational wing of Dhwani, continued to grow with additions of a repertory and Zaroorat, a school for the underprivileged.
Dhwani Group
Dhwani is a cultural organization founded by leading proponents of Kathak, Shri Krishan Mohan Misra and Vaswati Misra in 1984.
It seeks to preserve and promote the performing and fine arts traditions of India by organizing choreographed dance, theatrical and musical performances of the highest caliber.
Trained under the auspices of the maestro- Pt Birju Maharaj himself, Vaswati Misra has perfected the technique and grammar of Kathak through her career spanning 40 years. Her choreographed pieces have been widely acclaimed by audiences and connoisseurs across the globe. Over the years, Vaswati Misra and Dhwani has built a reputation for collaborating with a diverse profile of artists and performers- from indigenous and folk artists to children from challenging backgrounds, from the greatest maestros, writers and actors of our times to young debutants- many of whom have been nurtured into accomplished performers in their own right.
Each performance by Dhwani is crafted to perfect the interpretation of sound and beat, the balance of strong yet lyrical body movements, powerful foot-work and subtle expressions. They are unique in their highly contemporary and aesthetic interpretation of a very traditional form.
Dhwani is empanelled with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Ministry of Culture and CID UNESCO.
Concept Note
Founded by dancer and choreographer, Vaswati Misra, The DHwani Repertory is made up of dancers whose versatility, virtuosity and dynamic movement quality, owes itself to the training imparted by Vaswati Misra. Their performances resonate with a long history of cultural traditions and are the result of explorations into elements that make Kathak the dance form that it is. Herself, an accomplished artiste of the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak, Vaswati finds inspiration for her choreography within the structural boundaries of Kathak as it has grown and developed over the countries.
Concepts like Bhaav bataana (the expression of a mood, seated on stage) Padhant, (where the mood and feeling inherent in mnemonic syllables are explored) or forms based on traditional musical genres like gats, taraaanaas and kavits are recreated in a matter that often fuse the perceived boundaries between dance and music, the traditional and the contemporary.
At the Ananya Dance Festival, The Dhwani Repertory will present an eclectic selection of some of its shorter works as well as some excerpts from production like Jeevan and Kalpataru.
The Kathak dance is traditional to Northern India; originally it developed to ritually interpret the Mahabharata epic.
Катхак - традиционный танец Северной Индии; изначально он возник как ритуальная интерпретация эпоса Махабхарата.
The word Utpatti itself means 'the origin'. The Guru kicks off our journey in Kathak by talking about this very basic hand gesture. It is the 'home' position as all other gestures of a Kathak dancer stem from this one.
Rujuta Soman a leading international Kathak Dancer from India. She is a disciple of Late Guru Dr.Rohini Bhate. She has obtained Diploma from Nritya Bharati Kathak Dance Academy and holds Masters Degree in Kathak from Pune University, as well as "Nritya Alankaar" from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva ...
She is the founder of Rujuta Soman Academy where she trains in pure classical Kathak.